Addressing Paris’ housing and density issues, French firm Vincent Callebaut Architectures has developed a proposal for multiple high-rise buildings with positive energy output (BEPOS). Following the Climate Energy Plan of Paris aimed at reducing 75% of the greenhouse gas emissions within 2050, the « 2050 PARIS SMART CITY » project is a research and development work on the integration of high-rise buildings with plus-energy (BEPOS) producing by solidarity all together energy for the surrounding areas. This study has been carried out for Paris City Hall by Vincent Callebaut Architectures agency with the green engineering consultant «Setec» in the summer of 2014. The history and the evolution perspective in 2050 of the high-rise buildings in the context of Paris Climate Energy Plan and the 8 plus-energy and/or energetically connected prototypes are presented below .
In order to fight against the urban heat-island phenomenon by increasing in the same time the density of the city in the long-term, this study presents 8 prototypes of mixed towers. These towers repatriate the nature in the heart of the city and integrate from their design the rules of bioclimatism and the renewable and recyclable energies in short loop through innovative systems. Turned to new social innovations, they invent first new eco-responsible ways of life to implement the quality of life of the city-dwellers in the respect of the environment.
1. MOUNTAIN TOWERS:
2050 Paris Smart City 01 2050 Paris Smart City 02 2050 Paris Smart City 03
HISTORIC PARIS _ 1st district, RUE DE RIVOLI
Solar, hydrodynamic and planted towers bio-air conditioning the urban heat-island phenomenon.
2. ANTISMOG TOWERS:
2050 Paris Smart City 04 2050 Paris Smart City 05 2050 Paris Smart City 06
HISTORIC PARIS _ 14th district
An ecologic corridor of 23 km in the heart of Paris punctuated by depolluting photo-catalytic towers.
3. PHOTOSYNTHESIS TOWERS:
2050 Paris Smart City 07 2050 Paris Smart City 08 2050 Paris Smart City 09
MODERN PARIS _ 15th district, MONTPARNASSE TOWER
A piezo-electrical and Central Park built in vertical spiral with organic facades of green algae.
4. BAMBOO NEST TOWERS:
2050 Paris Smart City 10 2050 Paris Smart City 11 2050 Paris Smart City 12
MODERN PARIS _ 13th district, MASSENA AREA
Thermodynamic garden towers planted by food gardens and orchards on balconies.
5. HONEYCOMB TOWERS:
2050 Paris Smart City 13 2050 Paris Smart City 14 2050 Paris Smart City 15
PERIPHERAL PARIS _ 20th district, PORTE DES LILAS
A hive of honeycomb housing energetically connected.
6. FARMSCRAPERS TOWERS:
2050 Paris Smart City 16 2050 Paris Smart City 17 2050 Paris Smart City 18
PERIPHERAL PARIS _ 19th district, PORTE D’AUBERVILLIERS
A vertical farm repatriating the countryside in the heart of the city.
7. MANGROVE TOWERS:
2050 Paris Smart City 19 2050 Paris Smart City 20 2050 Paris Smart City 21
FUTURE PARIS _ 10th district, GARE DU NORD
Photosensitive towers ingrained on the piezo-electrical station platforms.
8. BRIDGE TOWERS:
FUTURE PARIS _ 16th district, PONT AVAL / 12th district, _ PONT AMONT
Inhabited planted amphibian bridges across the Seine river upstream and downstream of Paris.
